France’s mounting public debt, sluggish growth, and recurring social unrest illustrate the predictable costs of expansive government spending paired with ineffective border controls.

When the state claims over half of national output and large-scale migration outpaces integration capacity, unemployment rises, public services strain, and living standards erode for ordinary citizens. - Sana Khan

• Similar patterns have emerged elsewhere in Europe where policymakers long favored redistribution and open migration without corresponding limits on either...